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Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Walks the ‘Hard Road’

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Walks the ‘Hard Road’

Dean Budnick on December 10, 2025
photo: Jen Rosenstein *** Christone “Kingfish” Ingram doesn’t get too hung up on the titles that people assign to him, no matter how well-intentioned or laudatory they may be. In his case this could be easily become a distraction, given the number of times that others have dubbed him the “Future of the Blues.” The […]
Maya Hawke: Chaos Theory

Maya Hawke: Chaos Theory

Rudi Greenberg on December 8, 2025
Photo credit: Andrew Lyman *** Despite releasing two well-received albums of folk-tinged pop in 2020 and 2022, actress Maya Hawke didn’t really consider herself a musician until making her third record, Chaos Angel. “I used to see myself solely as a poet in a band,” Hawke says over Zoom, while sitting on a porch in […]
The Core: Scotty Zwang

The Core: Scotty Zwang

Mike Greenhaus on December 5, 2025
photo: Abbey Fox *** As Umphrey’s McGee celebrate the release of their latest album Blueprints, their new drummer opens up on his 20-year journey from The Jammys to the career-defining offer to join one of his favorite bands for “JaJunk.” That Thing You Do SCOTTY ZWANG: I grew up in Commack, N.Y., on Long Island, […]